haṃsa

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀳𑀁𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• हंस (Devanagari script)
• হংস (Bengali script)
• හංස (Sinhalese script)
• ဟံသ or ႁံသ (Burmese script)
• หํส or หังสะ (Thai script)
• ᩉᩴᩈ or ᩉᩘᩈ (Tai Tham script)
• ຫໍສ or ຫັງສະ (Lao script)
• ហំស (Khmer script)
• 𑄦𑄁𑄥 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit हंस (haṃsa, “swan”).

Noun

haṃsa m

1. swan, goose

Declension

Declension table of "haṃsa" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	haṃso	haṃsā
Accusative (second)	haṃsaṃ	haṃse
Instrumental (third)	haṃsena	haṃsehi or haṃsebhi
Dative (fourth)	haṃsassa or haṃsāya or haṃsatthaṃ	haṃsānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	haṃsasmā or haṃsamhā or haṃsā	haṃsehi or haṃsebhi
Genitive (sixth)	haṃsassa	haṃsānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	haṃsasmiṃ or haṃsamhi or haṃse	haṃsesu
Vocative (calling)	haṃsa	haṃsā

Descendants

• → Thai: หงส์ (hǒng)
  • → Shan: ႁူင် (hǔung)
• → Khmer: ហង្ស (hɑng)
• → Mon: ဟံသာ
• → Burmese: ဟင်္သာ (hangsa)
  • → Shan: ႁင်းသႃႇ (háng sàa)